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Do note that this image was taken yesterday on November 2nd, 2024 at Busch Gardens Tampa in Tampa, Florida, USA.

Do note that this image was taken yesterday on November 2nd, 2024 at Busch Gardens Tampa in Tampa, Florida, USA.

Hi so I am attempting a career change to become a zookeeper. I have 2 qualifications I am looking at , Btec Extended Diploma in Animal Management Or the DMZAA Which one is more favourable? The first involves me attending college , the second is distance learning but I'm unsure which is...

Do note that this image was taken on February 11th, 2024 at Zoo Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Hey everyone! I've been in the zoo industry for nearly a decade and have been a lurker for an embarrassingly long time, so I finally decided to make an account. I'm particularly passionate about large ungulate management and creative innovations in animal wellbeing. Also very invested in the...

Landau Zoo 2021

Hello, I am new to ZooChat so I am not sure if I am posting this thread on to the relevant topic. I just want to ask current/past Keepers if it helps to be a member of an association for example Biaza or ABWAK, to get a Zoo Keeper role? My goal is to become a Zoo Keeper but I am...

Another Tiger Attack On Friday, 21 year old Marissa Dub entered a Tiger enclosure at the Exotic Feline Rescue Center in Clay County, USA. The tiger had been split off into an adjacent holding cage but unfortunately the door had not been latched correctly. 'Raja' an eighteen year old tiger...

Does anyone know if Trent Barclay, a Senior Carnivore Keeper at Auckland Zoo, still works there? He was on The Zoo programme, and as far as I know his wife works in the zoo hospital there. I haven't seen him on TV or at the zoo for quite a while now.

Giraffes getting fed at Chester. 2004.